Lorentzos Mavilis (1860–1912) is one of the great masters of the sonnet in the Greek language. Born in Ithaca in 1860 of Corfiot parents, he died in 1912 in the first Balkan War in action against [...]
Lucky are the dead; the dead forget The bitterness of life. So at the set Of sun, when dusk comes on, you must not weep, Be your grief for them however deep. The souls are thirsty; this the hour [...]